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And i have got to say that this was the year that you could disappoint them or mail it in. you dont have to do that when you havent been out there expressing the kind of sympathy people want to hear. i dont buy into the argument that people say he should be showing leadership by taking control of the situation. there isnt a situation you can take control of. but in expressing sympathy in a much more full way, in showing how hes being briefed, he can at least take control of what we have in this ...

Rebels. there was plenty of spent artillery boxes and cases at the side of the road, but plenty of damage and destroyed what looked like rebel forces military equipment at the side of the road. government here has been playing on state television pictures from brega today. this is the very sort of large and important town because its got so many of the countrys gas and oil pipelines running into it. and the government now says it has control of that town. and that will be important for the gover...

Or within a couple of hundred miles, the rebels have lost one town but they have managed to hold on to two others important oil towns they have taken control of. supply lines would essentially run along the coast. they dont have ammo. theyd be exposed to the air forces, helicopters, et cetera. circling maneuver by the army and what we can see is the army is just not that strong, just not that capable of fighting in an urban environment and thats working against gadhafi right now. it means it he ...

Thought they would be safe, and came back to me, he thought about it and was okay accepting the risk that they might be killed. and i said, you really got to think this through. then he went and consulted his wife, who was not happy about it. so he put it on indefinite hold, and he thinks now that the tide might be shifting and gadhafi might hold on, so now that whole defection is on hold. and you know, i think there are a lot of people like that military officer, who are wavering. and weve got ...

Economic period, we have a lot of work to do, and were doing it in delaware and states across the country are doing it as well. jon: they are coming on to the medicaid rolls because they cant afford other insurancess? >> thats exactly right. thats why enrollment across the country has increased significantly over the last couple of years. thats why when we were all together this weekend at the national governors association there was a lot of conversation amongst governors and also with the pres...

Time trying to paint over and cement over the bullet holes in the walls. they plan on taking journalists, too, but they removed some of the bodies that have been left in the street, so yes, its very -- for us and our team to go to tripoli, would be almost certain death or imprisonment since the libyan authorities have made it clear they consider those journalists who entered the country from egypt who entered to be outlaws. >> ben wiedeman from bengazi, the eastern city and please be careful. yo...

The pro-mubarak crowd seems to have thinned out somewhat though not -- certainly, there are still thousands -- several, at least, more than a thousand people there packed very tightly, especially right at the front where the fires are now burning. but it doesnt seem like they have been able to move any further into liberation square, into tahrir square. it still seems like the lines have held as they have been for the last half hour or so. throughout this afternoon, weve seen an ebb and flow to ...

Such a critical part of the war. weve got an operation against taliban in the kandahar province. nic robertson is on with us now in kabul. nic, this was an important, important meeting today between big leaders, including president karzai and also general mcchrystal going down to kandahar. first of all, can you explain and remind our viewers just how critical kandahar is to this whole effort in afghanistan. >> reporter: well, kandahar is really the heart of the taliban and its one of the most un...

Already started, and some deadlines and benchmarks that will be met, the first, of course, by the end of august. and today is a key measure and really the success or failure of this election has the potential of effecting how this withdrawal happens for u.s. troops in iraq. so important for the iraqi people, as well as important for u.s. troops and u.s. involvement in iraq today. >> and how important, kate, has it been for the white house to try and distance itself to some degree from the iraqi ...

>> senator barrasso, this was a man who was in custody. when he left, he said, ill see you in new york. obviously been very successful across syria and iraq. how concerned are you? >> very concerned. concerned for the safety and security of the american people. obviously he feels emboldened by what this islamic state has been able to accomplish. he must feel safe in that large area theyve taken control of, which shows you that when the united states leaves a vacuum, others will go in, others wil...